ATE469833T1 - PACKAGING SYSTEM WITH VOLUME MEASUREMENT - Google Patents

PACKAGING SYSTEM WITH VOLUME MEASUREMENT

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ATE469833T1
ATE469833T1 AT07781629T AT07781629T ATE469833T1 AT E469833 T1 ATE469833 T1 AT E469833T1 AT 07781629 T AT07781629 T AT 07781629T AT 07781629 T AT07781629 T AT 07781629T AT E469833 T1 ATE469833 T1 AT E469833T1
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void volume
volume data
dunnage
containers
acquisition apparatus
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Daniel L Carlson
Thomas A Bilkie
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Ranpak Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/20—Embedding contents in shock-absorbing media, e.g. plastic foam, granular material

Abstract

A system, and associated components and methodology, that automatically acquires data representative of the space left in each of a series of containers (32) in which one or more articles have been placed for packaging, and dispenses a controlled amount of dunnage material based on that data from a selected one of a plurality of dunnage dispensers (12). The system includes void volume data acquisition apparatus (11) for acquiring void volume data for the containers sequentially supplied thereto and for associating the sequentially acquired void volume data with the container. The system also includes a plurality of dunnage dispensers remotely located relative to the void volume data acquisition apparatus to dispense a controlled amount of dunnage material for insertion into one of the containers selectively transported to that dispenser from the void volume data acquisition apparatus.
AT07781629T 2006-04-10 2007-04-10 PACKAGING SYSTEM WITH VOLUME MEASUREMENT ATE469833T1 (en)

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